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Monday, March 11, 2013

*Holly Paint* - Masculine Dresser

Here's a nice 1980's dresser transformation for ya! Don't you just love the gold handles and the seashells. Apparently I did back in 1986 because this was apart of a set that my parents bought for my sister and me...I think it was from Sears. I remember thinking we were so lucky to have this dresser set!!

Well...this dresser was being used by my brother until a few months ago. I don't think it really looks like a bachelor so I gave him my old Ikea dresser and I took this one back. It was screaming for a makeover. It went from 1980's girly to 2013 Masculine/Rustic.

We (I mean my husband) pulled off the laminate top
and replaced it with a pine so I could use a black stain on the top. He
then cut 1/4" plywood to be used to cover the fronts of the drawers -
hiding the shell design.

I
taped off a small rectangle around the edge of the drawer fronts and
painted it white and then stained with a black stain. Then we glued the
fronts on and added upholstery tacks to the corners as an extra detail.

The handles are old leather belts that I picked up at a thrift store. I screwed them on with large silver screws.

The drawers are lined with pages from a dictionary.

I can't wait until my mom/dad and sister see this I'm pretty sure they wouldn't know it was the same dresser!

What an absolutely amazing transformation! I would never have guessed it was the same desk. I love all the clever little details. I am really anxious to try something like this myself! Visiting from Elizabeth and Company. Pinning next! PS I have a linky party every Thursday afternoon-Sunday night. I would love to share this table with my readers. I hope you will stop by! (Also, sometimes bloggers are not aware, but your word verification is still on, which prevents people from commenting ;)

Okay. So I've seen a bazillion dresser redos and done my share of them as well but I think I can say I've seen my favorite one now EVER. This is FANTASTIC! I'm pinning. I have a few dressers in my barn waiting for a makeover. If I can make one look half this good, I'll be excited. Brilliant!

I love your dresser, hard to believe it's the same one as the before.When I do furniture makeovers, everything turns girly and I was just thinking to make something more masculine,your dresser is a great inspiration!Thanks for sharing :)